Best Buy Baked Beans and al fresco chicken sausages

Felt like having a fry up, but I have to admit that THIS IS NOT TRADITIONAL because I have put rice in it as well.
I would have wanted it to be more traditional but I couldnt find any black pudding or proper rashers in the local Hong Kong supermarkets.
In the end, I decided to make it light cooking just baked beans, sausages and egg with some rice just as a filler.
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Baked Beans:
At the supermarket, the brands of baked beans available were Smedleys, Best Buy, Heinz, Ayam and Waitrose.
I didnt get Heinz because its the standard brand in UK. Smedleys looked too localised, there was so much chinese on the packaging, and Waitrose is an upper end brand similar to Marks and Spencers.
So in the end, I got Best Buy, a cheap brand imitating the No frills economic brand in the UK.
Next time I am going to try Ayam which is surprisingly a Malaysian brand!

Best buy baked beans
The taste of baked beans:
I was quite surprised it tasted quite nice, however perhaps it was over flavoured.
The tomato sauce was lovely and tangy which I appreciated yet it was really sweet at the same time. The sweetness was slightly artificial, the type of sweetness you find with saccharin and other artificial sweeteners.
They are navy beans according to the label and they are visually slightly bigger than the Heinz brand.
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Sausages:
For the sausages, it was hard to find the traditional British pork sausages, so I got chicken instead because there is less offal and chewy bits in it.
The rest on the shelf were frankfurter varieties and not pork sausages.
I bought the al-fresco brand of chicken sausages and it contained thyme and sage, which you could see beneath the transparent sausage skin.


al fresco chicken sausages
Sausage taste:
I didnt expect them to be spicy, but they were slightly spicy. Overall they were meaty in texture and the herbs in it resembled the ones in the pork sausage.
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天喔茶庄 Tenwow Beverages Jin Series Tie Guanyin Tea

Got this because of the attractive gold wrapping on the bottle.
It is smaller than the usual 330ml bottles.
Although it was Iron buddha, there was a strong taste of Jasmine in it.
The Chinese character were barely recognisable!

天喔茶庄 http://www.tenwowfood.com/en/product.aspx?tid=32&menu=7

7-11's Ham meatball Oden おでん

At 7-11 they had Oden skewers, there were six different items so I tried the ham meatball.

Basically it tasted like a meatball and it was slightly spicy, the spices in that meatball tasted like the sichuan spices with aniseed and chili.

(Quoted from wiki)Oden (おでん) is a Japanese winter dish consisting of several ingredients such as boiled eggs, daikon radish, konnyaku, and processed fish cakes stewed in a light, soy-flavoured dashi broth. Ingredients vary according to region and between each household. Karashi (Japanese mustard) is often used as a condiment.
Oden was originally what is now commonly called misodengaku or simply dengaku; konnyaku or tofu was boiled and one ate them with miso. Later, instead of using miso, ingredients were cooked in dashi and oden became popular.
Oden is often sold from food carts, and most Japanese convenience stores have simmering oden pots in winter. Many different kinds of oden are sold, with single-ingredient varieties as cheap as 100 yen.

Regional variations

In Nagoya, it may be called Kantō-ni (関東煮) and soy sauce is used as a dipping sauce. Miso oden is simmered in hatcho-miso broth, which is lightly sweet taste. Konjac and tofu are common ingredients.
In Kansai area they are sometimes called Kantō-daki (関東煮 or 関東炊き) and tend to be stronger flavoured than the lighter Kantō version.
Oden in Shizuoka use a dark coloured broth flavoured with beef stock and dark soy sauce, and all ingredients are skewered. Dried and ground fish (sardine, mackerel, or katsuobushi) and aonori powder (edible seaweed) are sprinkled on top before eating.
Udon restaurants in Kagawa Prefecture in Shikoku almost always offer oden as a side dish, to be eaten with sweet miso while waiting for the udon.
In Taiwan, the dish is called Heilun/Olun (黑輪) in the Taiwanese language. Besides the more traditional ingredients, olen also uses many local ingredients, such as pork meatballs and blood puddings. More recently, oden is offered in convenience stores and is known as guandongzhu (Kuantung-chu; 關東煮) in Mandarin.
In Korea, Odaeng (오댕) is a street food that's sold from small carts and is served with a spicy soup. It's very common on the streets of Korea and there are many restaurants that have it on their menu or specialize in it.

Dark chocolate maltesers

Instead of the usual milk chocolate, it is covered in dark chocolate.

I thought it would not be as sweet as the milk chocolate version, but it tasted sweeter.

The honeycomb in the middle tasted sweeter than the normal version.

There is also a white chocolate version as well.

McD's German chicken sausage burger trial tester

Thanks to mjqueen7e's review I found out about this new burger, it is only available in a few restaurants in Hong Kong.
It is not officially on McD's website, but thanks to mjqueen7e for letting me know the English addresses of the available restaurants.

Just as she said, not all McD's serve this burger, and when I went to this particular branch, it really did have this burger.

As well as this burger, I was also able to order the Hazelnut Latte which is a beverage from McCafe, it was also served in a McCafe's plastic cup.

Luckily I knew which restaurant had this burger because I heard one of the customers behind asking which restaurants served this burger and that staff was reluctant to list out all the shops.

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Germany's version of the sausage burger
Interestingly the German chicken sausage burger is not served in Germany, but the closest one they have is the Nuremburger which actually has real sausages in the burger and not sausage patty.

 

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German chicken sausage burger

The elements in this burger are:
Emmental cheese,
saukeraut,
dill mustard,
chicken sausage,
slab lemon chicken patty.

I love emmental cheese because it has a cheesier taste than McD's regular processed cheese, and I like all the tangy elements in it such as saukeraut and the chicken marinated with lemon.
Best of all, it is not beef or pork and it is a nice filling burger for someone with a large appetite because it has a chicken patty sausage, a nice change from pork sausage and a piece of chicken.

Although the burger box said it contains a lemon chicken patty, I found it to be a piece of grilled chicken thigh with skin.
The piece of chicken was tender and juicy and the whole burger was really filling and tantalizing especially with the lemon and saukeraut.
It would be great if they put more dill mustard as this was the only taste that wasnt present.
All the rest were distinct such as the chicken, lemon, saukeraut and chicken sausage patty.
But my far, this is my favourite burger served in Hong Kong's McD, but for other McD's in other countries there are other yummy burgers especially in India.
Anyway I wish this could be permanently on the menu.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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As well as trying the burger, I got the Hazelnut latte which is a trial drink from McCafe's by paying $4 extra.
Again, it was a nice drink, the coffee taste was not strong so that was why I liked it and it had a strong hint of Hazelnut syrup (most probably monins syrup!)
Anyway asked for less ice, but they still fill 80% of the cup with it!

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Price: $3x
English menu: yes
Service: could be better
Yummy factor: Brilliant
McD's that serve this burger (quoted from mjqueen7e):
B/F, Star House, 3 Salisbury Road,, Tsim Sha Tsui
Shop No.F21, Telford Plaza, 33 Wai Yip Street, Kowloon Bay
Shop 5A, B/F, Roca Centre, 460-470 King's Road, North Point
Shop 103, Po Lam Centre, Po Lam Estate,, Tseung Kwan O
Shop 1-41, Admiralty Centre, Admiralty
Shop 1A, G/F, Millennium City 1, 338 Kwun Tong Road, Kwun Tong
G/F, Man Kwong Court, Smithfield, Kennedy Town, Western District
McDonalds in Germany:
www.mcdonalds.de
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MTR ready to eat Palak paneer curry

A product of MTR foods:

http://www.mtrfoods.com/

Initially thought it was some Japanese brand pretending to be Indian because of the Japanese wordings, but after browsing the web it turned out to be made in India.

Usually with curries it comes in the form of sauce and meat needs to be added, however this is a vegetarian one so it can be eaten straight away after heating.

After heating it up, it smelt and tasted like the real thing from Indian restaurants.

It did not taste as if it came out from the pack, and the spinach tasted fresh too.

I am now tempted to try their other flavours as well and their other snacks, however not all can be found at the local supermarket.

Other curries and snacks they do:

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Paneer Butter Masala

Tender chunks of cottage cheese or paneer cooked in rich butter – just the way the North Indians like it!

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Paneer Makhani

Once a staple in North India, this dish has now found popularity all over the country. Cooked in rich tomato & butter gravy, you can dig into tender chunks of well-browned cottage cheese.

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Rajma Masala

Red kidney beans with a thick tasty gravy, straight from the heartland of Punjab.

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Muttar Paneer

Team it with rice or bread, it’s a delicious curry of peas with chunky pieces of cottage cheese.

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Navratan Kurma [interesting fruit curry]

Filled with carefully picked vegetables and dry fruits, a rich royal flavoured curry to delight your senses.

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Shahi Paneer

A royal delicacy overflowing with chunks of creamy cottage cheese in a rich gravy. Straight from the heartland of North India.

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Pongal

Tuck into a delectable combination of lentils and rice, seasoned with peppercorns & spices.

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Alu Methi

A simple yet delicious dish of potatoes combined with fenugreek leaves , a staple diet in part of the North India.

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Khadi Pakora

Delicious pakoras in a creamy, yogurt- based curry, a traditional dish from cold regions of North India.

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Kesaribhath /Kesar Suji Halwa

A sweet delicacy made from Suji, flavoured with saffron & garnished with nuts.

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Bhindi Masala [i am surprised bhindi can be kept fresh in ready to eat packs]

Ladies finger cooked with the perfect blend of spices.

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Lemon Rice  [i love lemon]

Add a lemony twist to rice.

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Peas & Mushroom Curry

Green peas and button mushrooms in a delightful gravy.

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Treacle sponge pudding and custard straight from the can!

I love treacle pudding, so got the canned one from Heinz and canned Ambrosia custard.

After microwaving it, the pudding was delicious although slightly too sweet.

AMBROSIA DEVON CUSTARD 425G



HEINZ TREACLE SPONGE PUDDING 300G